{"id":185966,"date":"2014-07-02T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2014\/07\/02\/and-on-the-subject-of-evil-companies-that-are-not-named-hobby-lobby\/"},"modified":"2014-07-02T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:39:00","slug":"and-on-the-subject-of-evil-companies-that-are-not-named-hobby-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2014\/07\/02\/and-on-the-subject-of-evil-companies-that-are-not-named-hobby-lobby\/","title":{"rendered":"And on the Subject of Evil Companies that are Not Named &#8220;Hobby Lobby&#8221;\u2026\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/04\/11\/organic_eden_foods_quiet_right_wing_agenda\/\">the natural food manufacturer Eden Foods<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">The slogan for Eden Foods, which describes itself as the \u201coldest natural and organic food company in North America,\u201d is \u201ccreation and maintenance of purity in food.\u201d Its CEO and founder, Michael Potter, has been prominent in debates over labeling of organic food and GMOs. But the company has been quietly seeking in court another form of purity \u2014 to Catholic doctrine about sex being solely for procreation. That goes not just for Potter, but for all 128 of his employees.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">That is, Eden Foods \u2014 an organic food company with no shortage of liberal customers \u2014 has quietly pursued a decidedly right-wing agenda, suing the Obama administration for exemption from the mandate to cover contraception for its employees under the Affordable Care Act. In court filings, Eden Foods, represented by the conservative Thomas More Law Center, alleges that its rights have been violated under the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Eden Foods, which did not respond to a request for comment, says in its filing that the company believes of birth control that \u201cthese procedures almost always involve immoral and unnatural practices.\u201d The complaint also says that \u201cPlaintiffs believe that Plan B and \u2018ella\u2019 can cause the death of the embryo, which is a person.\u201d (Studies show that neither Plan B nor Ella interfere with fertilization, which is the Catholic definition of the beginning of life, if not the medical one. In other words, not the death of an embryo. Also, at that stage, it\u2019s a zygote, not an embryo \u2014 let alone a \u201cperson.\u201d) The filing also said that \u201cPlaintiff Eden Foods\u2019 products, methods, and accomplishments are described by critics as: tasteful, nutritious, wholesome, principled, unrivaled, nurturing, pure.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Until now, Eden Foods\u2019 conservative advocacy litigation has remained mostly under the radar, even as their marketing seems designed to appeal to liberals, from the slogan \u201dOrganic agriculture is society\u2019s brightest hope for positive change\u201d to the \u201960s imagery and the use of the word \u201crevolution\u201d in some of its print marketing. The company\u2019s mission statement includes its goal to \u201ccontribute to peaceful evolution on earth,\u201d \u201cto maintain a healthy, respectful, challenging, and rewarding environment for employees,\u201d and to \u201ccultivate sound relationships with other organizations and individuals who are like minded and involved in like pursuits.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They are also a closely held company, so according to five of the so-called Justices on the Supreme Court, it&#8217;s their right, but do not buy their products.<\/p>\n<p>F%$# them and the horse they rode in on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the natural food manufacturer Eden Foods: The slogan for Eden Foods, which describes itself as the \u201coldest natural and organic food company in North America,\u201d is \u201ccreation and maintenance of purity in food.\u201d Its CEO and founder, Michael Potter, has been prominent in debates over labeling of organic food and GMOs. But the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}